Totals
- Total revenue
- $298,228
- Total expenses
- $320,135
- Contributions and grants received
- $298,228
- Grants paid
- $58,850
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $56,387
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $11,907
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $44,480
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $205,509
- Management and general expenses
- $22,912
- Fundraising expenses
- $91,714
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $205,509
Program services were 64.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$298,228
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $22,315 · program services $22,315
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $36,535 · program services $36,535
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $143,000 · program services $85,800 · management and general $14,300 · fundraising $42,900
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $0
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $20,854 · program services $12,513 · management and general $2,085 · fundraising $6,256
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $0
-
11a · Fees: management
total $0
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $0
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $515 · management and general $515
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
-
11g · Fees: other
total $0
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $1,181 · fundraising $1,181
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13 · Office expenses
total $10,778 · program services $6,466 · management and general $1,078 · fundraising $3,234
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14 · Information technology
total $0
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $0
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17 · Travel
total $51,399 · program services $28,228 · management and general $1,854 · fundraising $21,317
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $9,334 · program services $1,542 · fundraising $7,792
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20 · Interest
total $0
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $0
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23 · Insurance
total $0
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24a · Other expenses: Continung Education
total $20,183 · program services $12,110 · management and general $2,018 · fundraising $6,055
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24b · Other expenses: Payroll Processing
total $731 · management and general $731
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24c · Other expenses: Bank Merchant Service Fees
total $3,310 · management and general $331 · fundraising $2,979
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24e · All other expenses
total $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $81,550 · end of year $56,387
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $1,746
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
end of year $11,907
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31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds
beginning of year $83,296 · end of year $44,480
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
MercyGift exists to resource churches, train leaders and church planters, and pastor missionaries through strategic partnerships, leadership development, and global ministry support.
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Resourcing Churches The organization supported churches in six U.S. states by reviewing and restructuring mission programs, teaching on missional living, and providing leadership resources. MercyGift facilitated partnerships between U.S. churches and ministries in Africa, resulting in over 120,000 in new and ongoing annual support for work in Congo, Rwanda, Uganda, and South Africa. The organization also hosted and taught a 32-week home-based small group attended by missional leaders from multiple organizations, creating collaboration, ideation, celebration, and implementation of ministry initiatives.
Expenses $43,535
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Training Leaders and Supporting Church Planting The organization advanced leadership development by hosting and teaching a 32-week home group, conducting prayer meetings, and providing virtual instruction and mentoring to workers in Africa and the 10/40 Window. Through partnerships with African leadership schools and ministry networks, MercyGift contributed to training over 9,000 leaders across Africa and 300 leaders in the 10/40 Window. Additional activities included coaching ministries on fundraising, organizational structure, and church-planting strategies.
Expenses $76,923
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Pastoring and Supporting Missionaries The organization provided pastoral care, mentoring, counseling, and sustainability coaching to missionaries serving in the United States, Honduras, Azerbaijan, South Africa, Congo, Ukraine, Israel, Mexico, and the 10/40 Window. Support included Zoom meetings, narrative updates, crisis-care assistance, and on-site visits to missionaries in the Middle East. The home-based small group also served as relational support for missionaries preparing for or returning from field assignments.
Expenses $26,201
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Riaan Heyns
President
- Total calculated
- $163,604
- From this org
- $143,000
- From related orgs
- $20,604
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 50
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Justin Nail
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.01
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Thomas Hardeman
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.05
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Travis Gates
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.05
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.
Grants on this return
-
$14,000
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 14 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202523189349316557
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